Freshman Holly Kersgieter made her first collegiate start as a Jayhawk against Kansas State on Jan. 29. Kersgieter finished with 11 points, six rebounds and two steals.

Sophomore Aniya Thomas grabbed a career-best 10 rebounds against K-State, surpassing her nine boards against Texas Tech. Thomas finished with eight points and led the team with three steals.

Freshman Zakiyah Franklin led the team in scoring against K-State with 15 points. Franklin’s scoring efforts put her over 200-career points.

SCOUTING THE SOONERS

Entering her 23rd year as head coach at Oklahoma, Sherri Coale has a 491-252 record with the Sooners. Coale has a 66.5 win percentage and has led OU to 19 NCAA Tournament appearances.

The Sooners average 76.3 points per game on 43.0% shooting from the field and 37.1% from beyond the arc. OU connects on an average of 8.5 3-pointers a game and 15.5 assists.

Sophomore Taylor Robertson leads the Sooners with 20.2 points per game on 45.2% shooting and is top in the Big 12 in 3-point percentage shooting at 44.6%. Behind Robertson is junior Ana Llanusa with 16.9 points a game on 42.8% shooting and an average of 1.6 steals per game.

OU comes into Sunday’s game in Allen Fieldhouse with a 10-10 record on the year and is 3-5 in Big 12 play. The Sooners dropped their last game against Texas, 70-53, on Jan. 28.

LAST TIME OUT

Kansas 61, Kansas State 69 | Wednesday, Jan. 29; Lawrence Kansas

The Jayhawks were edged by the Wildcats, 69-61, in Allen Fieldhouse in the season’s first installment of the Dillons Sunflower Showdown for women’s basketball.

KU had three players finish in double-figures with freshman Zakiyah Franklin leading the way with 15 points, followed by freshman Holly Kersgieter with 11 and junior Tina Stephens with 10. Kersgieter made her first-collegiate start as Jayhawk as well.

UP NEXT

The Jayhawks will travel to Waco, Texas, to face-off against No. 2/1 Baylor for the second time this season on Wednesday, Feb. 5, at 7 p.m. CT inside the Ferrell Center on Big 12 NOW on ESPN+.